DEEP TEAM

The firm has experience supporting management teams, business owners and entrepreneurs at all levels of company’s growth curve.

The ArchStar team has deep experience building and growing market-leading companies.

Our founding team consists of two entrepreneurs who successfully built and then exited their companies to private equity firms and two experienced PE professionals with over 50 years of investing experience buying and building growth-oriented companies.

As fund founders, we’ve been through the owner journey before.
Peter Villhard

Founding Partner

Pete Villhard

  • 25+ years of Private Equity experience
  • Villhard Growth Partners
  • Thompson Street Capital Partners (MD)
  • Builders FirstSource (Director of Biz Dev)
  • Bain & Company
  • B.S. Electrical Engineering; B.A. Mathematics
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Tom Mingo

Founding Partner

Tom Mingo

  • Experienced business owner and investor
  • Mingo Holdings, LLC
  • Vaddio, LLC (co-founder)
  • B.A. International Business & French
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Founding Partner

Jake Sturdy

  • 18+ years of Private Equity experience
  • Alitus Partners (MD)
  • FTL Capital (MD)
  • Thompson Street Capital Partners
  • Cequel III
  • BSBA Accounting; MBA
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LP Advisory Member

Scott Moore

  • Experienced business owner and investor
  • Dominus Capital (Operating Partner)
  • Moore Family Office
  • Nevco Sports (Majority owner/CEO)
  • B.S. Economics; MBA
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